Forest resource availability and its use by the migratory villages of Uttarkashi, Garhwal Himalaya (India)

Awasthi, Anjali; Uniyal, Sanjay Kr.; Rawat, G. S.; Rajvanshi, Asha

doi:10.1016/s0378-1127(02)00026-9

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“…In Nepal, Upadhyay et al (2005) attribute the loss of carbon through land-use change to fuelwood consumption and soil erosion, and Awasthi et al (2003) suggest that fuelwood harvest at high elevations of Himalayan India may not be sustainable. On the other hand, Unni et al (2000) found that fuelwood harvest within a 100-km radius of two cities showed both conversion of natural ecosystems to managed ones and the reverse, with no obvious net reduction in biomass.…”

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The carbon budget of South Asia

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Abstract. The source and sinks of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and methane (CH 4 ) due to anthropogenic and natural biospheric activities were estimated for the South Asian region (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka). Flux estimates were based on top-down methods that use inversions of atmospheric data, and bottom-up methods that use field observations, satellite data, and terrestrial ecosystem models. Based on atmospheric CO 2 inversions, the net biospheric CO 2 flux in South Asia (equivalent to the Net Biome Productivity, NBP) was a sink, estimated at −104 ± 150 Tg C yr −1 during [2007][2008]. Based on the bottom-up approach, the net biospheric CO 2 flux is estimated to be −191 ± 193 Tg C yr −1 during the period of 2000-2009. This last net flux results from the following flux components: (1) the Net Ecosystem Productivity, NEP (net primary production minus heterotrophic respiration) of −220 ± 186 Tg C yr −1 (2) the annual net carbon flux from land-use change of −14 ± 50 Tg C yr −1 , which resulted from a sink of −16 Tg C yr −1 due to the establishment of tree plantations and wood harvest, and a source of 2 Tg C yr −1 due to the expansion of croplands; (3) the riverine export flux from terrestrial ecosystems to the coastal oceans of +42.9 Tg C yr −1 ; and (4) the net CO 2 emission due to biomass burning of +44.1 ± 13.7 Tg C yr −1 . Including the emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels of 444 Tg C yr −1 for the 2000s, we estimate a net CO 2 landatmosphere flux of 297 Tg C yr −1 . In addition to CO 2 , a fraction of the sequestered carbon in terrestrial ecosystems is released to the atmosphere as CH 4 . Based on bottom-up and top-down estimates, and chemistry-transport modeling, we estimate that 37 ± 3.7 Tg C-CH 4 yr −1 were released to atmosphere from South Asia during the 2000s. Taking all CO 2 and CH 4 fluxes together, our best estimate of the net land-atmosphere CO 2 -equivalent flux is a net source of 334 Tg C yr −1 for the South Asian region during the 2000s. If CH 4 emissions are weighted by radiative forcing of molecular CH 4 , the total CO 2 -equivalent flux increases to 1148 Tg C yr −1 suggesting there is great potential of reducing CH 4 emissions for stabilizing greenhouse gases concentrations.

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The carbon budget of South Asia

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“…The earlier researchers as mentioned above reported average fuelwood consumption of 20-25 kg/household/day, while in case of Van Gujjar, it was 20.09 kg/household/day. The average fuelwood consumption reported by Awasti et al (2003) in Garhwal Himalaya was 14.65 kg/household/day. All India average of fuelwood consumption in rural areas as per Centre for Development Finance (CDF) (Source: www.…”

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“…Various studies had been conducted by different authors on the fuelwood consumption pattern in the Himalayan region on migratory villages in Uttarkashi district (Awasti et al 2003), along altitudinal gradients in Garhwal Himalaya (Bhatt and Sachan 2004), Northeast India (Bhatt and Sachan 2004), Pindar basin (Sati 2008), Himachal Pradesh (Prasad et al 2001;Sharma et al 2008) and Tehri district in Uttaranchal (Negi et al 1999). The issue as such has been addressed invariably, but there has been almost no attempt to analyse the fuelwood consumption by semi-nomadic pastoralist's community ''Van Gujjars'', unmindful of the resource availability and the possible consequences with particular reference to the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR).…”

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Fuelwood consumption patterns by semi-nomadic pastoralist community and its implication on conservation of Corbett Tiger Reserve, India

Hussain

Dasgupta

Bargali³

2016

Energ. Ecol. Environ.

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The local folk of Himalaya have natural coexistence with the forests and depend on these bounty natural resources for their livelihood. The present study was carried out on semi-nomadic pastoralist for the study of forest use patterns. The main source of livelihood was found to be homogeneous (pastoralism) within each settlement. The study records 26 tree species preferred for fuelwood consumption. Overall average fuelwood consumption was 20.09 ± 0.7 kg day -1 family -1 . The average per capita fuelwood consumption was 2.77 kg day -1 . Average fuelwood consumption by very large families is significantly higher than small families. The principal component analysis explain lopping, extraction and anthropogenic activities for biomass extraction as a major factor of disturbance in forests. We also examined the present forest wood consumption rate and its implications in terms of potential deforestation and emission of greenhouse gases. The findings in the paper could form the basis for designing appropriate technologies and management policies in the region.

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“…In the present study, it has been observed that one of the reasons for forest degradation is increase in population, expansion of agriculture and increase in livestock along with horse and mule population under the influence of market economy coupled with the transformed traditional practices. Annually 24,000 m 2 of areas under forests and scrub are converted to agricultural fields (Awasthi et al 2003). Traditionally, local inhabitants in the study area have depended on the forest resources for their diverse needs, which are met by community forests, reserve forests and also from protected forest fringes that are designated area to meet people's demand.…”

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Significance of provisioning ecosystem services from moist temperate forest ecosystems: lessons from upper Kedarnath valley, Garhwal, India

Dhyani

Dhyani²

2016

Energ. Ecol. Environ.

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Forests have been very important natural resource for rural subsistence lifestyle providing variety of and provisioning ecosystem services. Study was carried out in six villages of upper Kedarnath valley at an altitudinal gradient of 1400-2800. Paper examines the nature and extent of provisioning services from forests to hill locals living in nearby villages. Frequent field survey of 151 households from five villages in proximity to forest was conducted using semi-structured questionnaires followed by field surveys. Primary data were collected for basic household's attributes, fuelwood, fodder, leaf litter and NTFP collection pattern. Simple descriptive methods were used for data analysis. The result shows that fuelwood contributes more than 95 % of total domestic fuel requirement in the study area with more collection during summers but more consumption during winter months due to extensive drop in day and night temperatures. Fodder collection is a major practice adding a lot to women drudgery, and winter fodder deficit is a major issue that leads to dry fodder collection from remote locations. Similarly the average seasonal collection figures were also high for leaf litter ranging from 120 to 89 kg/household/day. Collection of wild edibles is moderate, while for medicinal plants is low in the study area. Resource availability, collection and consumption depend on the family size, distance from forest area and economic condition of the household. More than 95 % of the household's biomass demands and requirement in the study area are fulfilled completely from forests, while rest are procured from various sources such as agroforests and agriculture.

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Forest resource availability and its use by the migratory villages of Uttarkashi, Garhwal Himalaya (India)

Cited by 58 publications

References 11 publications

The carbon budget of South Asia

The carbon budget of South Asia

Fuelwood consumption patterns by semi-nomadic pastoralist community and its implication on conservation of Corbett Tiger Reserve, India

Significance of provisioning ecosystem services from moist temperate forest ecosystems: lessons from upper Kedarnath valley, Garhwal, India

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